Definitions for prurient
ˈprʊər i əntpruri·ent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lubricious, lustful, prurient, salaciousadjective

   characterized by lust

   "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prurientadjective

   Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.

2. prurientadjective

   Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.

3. prurientadjective

   Curious, especially inappropriately so.

4. Etymology: From pruriens, present participle of prurio

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prurientadjective

   Itching. Robert Ainsworth

   Etymology: pruriens, Lat.

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1. prurient

   Ian Dominick Fernow is an American experimental musician, poet and multimedia artist. He is best known for extreme music released under the stage name Prurient, as well as numerous other aliases including Vatican Shadow and Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement. His first releases date back to 1998, the same year in which he founded the record label Hospital Productions.

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1. prurient

   Prurient refers to having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, particularly through lustful, lascivious, or lewd thoughts or desires. It can also refer to the act of deriving sexual pleasure or satisfaction from something considered abnormal or improper.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prurientadjective

   uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful

2. Etymology: [L. pruries, -entis, p. pr. of prurire to itch. Cf. Freeze.]

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1. Prurient

   Prurient is the performing name of Ian Dominick Fernow. He has released material on numerous independent record labels, such as American Tapes, Hanson Records, RRRecords, Load Records, Troubleman Unlimited, Chrondritic Sound, Kitty Play Records, and his own label Hospital Productions. Since the 2000s, Prurient has become one of the most well-known and influential names in noise music, and has been covered in outlets such as The New Yorker, Pitchfork Media and The Village Voice. Fernow works primarily with a microphone and amplifier, and sometimes drums. On some releases he has been joined by Ben Barnett, Richard Dunn, John Wiese, Jeff Plummer, Kris Lapke, Sickness, Wolf Eyes, Macronympha, Philip Best, Sutcliffe Jugend, The Hototogisu, Carlos Giffoni, Wilt, Grunt, Nicole 12, and Emily Salvatierra. Fernow grew up in Wisconsin but now lives in Manhattan and runs the Hospital Productions record label and retail record store. Fernow was also the guitarist of bands Football Rabbit, Vegas Martyrs, Taylor Bow, and Ash Pool. More recently, Fernow has started marketing to the black metal audience with his label and creative works and is currently the primary live synthesizer player for Cold Cave. Fernow also releases industrial techno under the moniker, Vatican Shadow.

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1. prurient

   Song lyrics by prurient -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by prurient on the Lyrics.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prurient in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prurient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of prurient in a Sentence

1. William Burck:

   It's basically pornography, there's no interest in actually seeing the video unless you have a prurient interest in seeing the video.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prurient
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prurient
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prurient
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prurient
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prurient
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=prurient
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=prurient